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Zaha Hadid Architects unveils pebble-shaped science museum for Shenzhen

December 1, 2020 Lizzie Crook 0
Terraces at the entrance of the proposed Shenzhen Science and Technology Museum by Zaha Hadid Architects in China

A cascade of terraces will frame a large atrium at the heart of the Shenzhen Science & Technology Museum that Zaha Hadid Architects is developing in China. Slated for completion in late 2023, the pebble-shaped museum will encompass 125,000-square-metres and contain a mix of public spaces, galleries and educational facilities. It has been designed by

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Jonathan Tuckey Design updates London apartment with pink and pistachio-green storage walls

December 1, 2020 Natasha Levy 0
Upper Wimpole Street apartment by Jonathan Tuckey Design includes built-in storage walls

Pastel storage walls curve and dip through the rooms of this apartment in London’s Marylebone neighbourhood, which has been overhauled by architecture studio Jonathan Tuckey Design. The apartment is situated along Upper Wimpole Street, occupying the ground floor of a Regency-era townhouse that had a rather poor internal layout and limited storage space. “[The apartment]

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Office Premises for Czech Promotion / Kurz architects

December 1, 2020 Daniel Tapia 0

The task to move the Czech Promotion communication agency in a mere three months from the famous Winternitz Villa by Adolf Loos to the unreconstructed premises of Karlín Palace with its own, albeit not as famous, history seemed fatuous, even naïve at first. Yet it was the time pressure which shaped the design itself, as well as the method of collaboration with the client and contractors. Purely a concept specified and defined the start of the process, leading to the overall unified vision, which prevented any subsequent disagreements or delaying discussions over individual parts of the proposal.

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City Square: Redefining Public Spaces During and After the Pandemic

December 1, 2020 Cecília Garcia 0

This June, the Global Cities program of the University of São Paulo (USP) carried out the research Emoções Momentâneas (lit. Momentary Emotions) to measure how the pandemic was changing the relationship of individuals with public spaces in São Paulo. Among the collected data, there was one that caught the attention of the group of researchers: 86% of the surveyed people wanted to spend time in green environments such as parks and squares.